Ionic liquid crystals derived from amino acids

M Mansueto, W Frey, S Laschat

Index: Mansueto, Markus; Frey, Wolfgang; Laschat, Sabine Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013 , vol. 19, # 47 p. 16058 - 16065

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Abstract

Abstract Novel chiral amino acid derived ionic liquid crystals with amine and amide moieties as spacers between the imidazolium head group and the alkyl chain were synthesised. The key step in the synthesis utilised the relatively uncommon SO 3 leaving group in a microwave-assisted reaction. The mesomorphic properties of the mesogens were determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarising optical microscopy ( ...